Angela Eagle: Subject to Parliamentary approval of the spring supplementary estimate, HM Treasury's resource DEL will be increased by £73,000 from £221,551,000 to £221,624,000 and the Administration budget will be increased by £118,000 from £169,425,000 to £169,543,000 with no net change in the capital DEL. The impact on resources and the administration budget is set out in the following table:
	
		
			  Change New DEL 
			  Voted Non- voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource 6,386,000 -6,313,000 201,032,000 20,592,000 221,624,000 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget* 4,431,000 -4,313,000 169,543,000 - 169,543,000 
			 Near cash in RDEL* 6,373,000 -6,313,000 189,197,000 31,492,000 220,689,000 
			 Capital** 700 -700 5,500,000 1,521,000 7,021,000 
			 Less: Depreciation*** - - -9,190,000 - -9,190,000 
			 Total 7,086,000 -7,013,000 197,342,000 22,113,000 219,455,000 
			 *The total of 'Administration budget' and 'Near cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total Resource DEL, due to definitions overlapping. ** Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. *** Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The net increase in resource DEL of £73,000 is the net effect of the following:
	A transfer to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills of £17,000 administration costs as a contribution towards the costs of the Skills Strategy.
	Transfers from the Departments of Health and Culture, Media and Sport of £45,000 near cash administration costs each to the Office of Government Commerce towards the costs of the Centre of Expertise in Sustainable Procurement.
	The net increase in the administration costs budget is £118,000 comprising the administration costs changes mentioned in the preceding paragraphs, plus the reclassification of a programme costs transfer from the UK Statistics Authority received in the winter Supplementary Estimates round to administration costs of £45,000.
	There is a reduction in non voted Resource DEL due to the draw down of Departmental Unallocated Provision (DUP) comprising £4,313,000 administration costs and £2,000,000 programme costs to offset increased voted spending. There is also a reduction in non-voted capital DEL due to the draw down of DUP of £700,000.

Stephen Timms: Subject to parliamentary approval of the Supplementary Estimate, the HM Revenue & Customs total DEL will be increased by £75,248,000 from £4,539,797,000 to £4,615,045,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 £'000 
			  Change New DEL 
			  Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 62,248 — 4,144,792 347,739 4,492,531  
			 Of which:  
			 Administration Budget (1) 62,248 — 4,392,050 — 4,392,050 
			 Near-cash in RDEL(1) 62,248 — 3,804,910 381,887 4,186,797 
			   
			 Capital(2) 16,648  -3,648 301,514 — 301,514 
			 Less Depreciation (3) —  — -179,000 0 -179,000 
			 Total DEL | 78,896 -3,648 4,267,306 347,739 4,615,045 
			 1The total of 'Administration Budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping. 2Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. 3 Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The change in the resource element of DEL arises from:
	Modernisation Fund drawdown of £62,500,000 administration near cash costs to modernise and transform HMRC;
	Near cash administration costs transfer of £252,000, to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills to fund the Skills Strategy for Government.
	The change in the administration budget arises from the changes detailed in the resource element above.
	The change in the capital element of DEL arises from:
	Capital take up from the Modernisation Fund of £13,000,000 for various programmes supporting the modernisation of the Department.
	Take up of Departmental Unallocated Provision of £3,648,000 to facilitate improvements to key operational activities—this is DEL neutral.

Edward Balls: Today my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health, and I are announcing the publication of "Healthy lives, brighter futures: The strategy for children and young people's health".
	A healthy start in life is at the heart of a happy childhood and the ability of every young person to achieve their potential and grow up well prepared for the challenges of adolescence and adulthood.
	Children and young people are healthier than ever before, but we now have the opportunity to go further. We need to do more to achieve world-class health outcomes and minimise health inequalities, offering services of the highest quality and an excellent experience for the young people and their families who use them.
	We know that we must do more to provide mothers and fathers with the support they need to give their children the best start and to help young people to make healthy choices as they grow up and take more responsibility for themselves.
	Our two departments have come together to produce this long-term strategy to improve health outcomes for all children and young people from pre-birth to 19. It is a direct response to the views and concerns of young people, parents and professionals working with children and families.
	"Healthy lives, brighter futures" sets out how we will work in partnership with local authorities and Primary Care Trusts and those working across children's health services to build the quality of support for families at key stages in their children's lives— during pregnancy and the early years of children's lives, for school-age children as well as young people. Our package of support for children and young people with acute and additional health needs is backed by a total of £770 million funding over three years to 2010-11, the largest ever investment in these services.
	Investing in children's health from the early years through childhood and adolescence will benefit children, families, society and the NHS.
	We have met many children, young people, parents and practitioners in the process of putting this strategy together Children and young people want easier access to health services to support their psychological as well as physical health. Parents and carers want better information about what services are available locally, with better links between the services that their children use. Frontline staff want help with providing excellent, integrated health and health care services for children and families.
	Through "High Quality Care for All: NHS Next Stage Review Final Report" we set out how the NHS would meet the challenges of the 21st century. "Healthy lives, brighter futures" sets out how we will continue to deliver improvements in children's physical and psychological health, building on existing policies such as the "National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services" and the Every Child Matters reforms.
	The strategy builds on work already in train to improve the quality and consistency of services, support and opportunities that families and children can expect in their local area. Services already aim to promote healthy lifestyles, intervene early where health problems arise and deliver support tailored to families' needs: easily accessible support in pregnancy and early years of children's life through Sure Start Children's Centres and GP practices; helping children to take increasing personal responsibility for their health during their school years and young people to deal with the health challenges of adolescence; good access to urgent care; and specialist support for children with complex and long-term conditions, so that every child can reach their full potential.
	Through the strategy we are making commitments to improve this existing support for children, young people and families:
	during pregnancy and the early years of life, more health visitors, and a strengthened role for Sure Start children's centres with each centre having access to a named health visitor; further expansion of the successful family nurse partnership programme for vulnerable first-time mothers; and the development and testing of a new antenatal and preparation for parenthood programme for mothers and fathers;
	for school-age children and their families, a core health programme, the development of a 'Healthy Child Programme' to set out what services should be available to parents, children and young people from 5 to 19 with schools supporting pupils' health and wellbeing, and pilots to test the impact of extending free school meals to a greater number of pupils; and
	for young people, more opportunities for sport, access to health services that are young-people friendly, and a new campaign to increase young people's knowledge of effective contraceptive methods, backed by increased investment of around £27 million a year from 2008-09 for contraceptive services in a range of settings.
	The strategy emphasises the need to ensure that high quality, timely and accessible support is available for children and young people with acute or additional health needs and their families. We are making new commitments to strengthen that support:
	confirmation of £340 million in NHS allocations over three years to improve the experience of disabled children and their families through better access to short breaks, community equipment and wheelchair services, including £30 million for palliative care and end-of-life care, in addition to the £340 million revenue funding already announced by DCSF for the Aiming High for Disabled Children programme and the £90 million capital funding announced in the "Children's Plan"; and
	we will test innovative approaches to the provision of community equipment and make sure that by 2010 all children with complex health needs have individual care plans to support co-ordinated care.
	Improving children's health from birth to 19 is an ambitious agenda. In order to drive change in every area, we know that we need stronger joint leadership to plan, commission and monitor the delivery of excellent services. The strategy sets out how we will help those on the frontline make a reality of this vision.
	The strategy sets out a clear expectation that Children's Trust partners are to provide children and families with accessible and comprehensive information about the services, advice and support available locally. New commitments to support local provision include action to:
	promote stronger joint leadership and local accountability arrangements, with statutory Children's Trust Boards to include GP members as well as Primary Care Trusts;
	ensure all organisations with responsibility for child health and wellbeing are fulfilling their statutory responsibilities for safeguarding children;
	develop the child health workforce, with a particular early focus on health visitors;
	deliver a support programme for local authorities and PCTs to commission child health services;
	strengthen the information available to help plan, monitor and improve services; and
	give a stronger voice for children and young people in assessments of healthcare organisations, and robust arrangements to promote and ensure the quality of health services.
	With schools, GP practices, hospitals, Sure Start children's centres, the voluntary sector and Government all playing their part in support of families, we can ensure that every child has a healthy start in life and a brighter future. Working together, we can continue to work towards our goal to make this the best place in the world to grow up.
	Copies of "Healthy lives brighter futures: The strategy for children and young people's health" and the accompanying guidance on joint commissioning will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

Hazel Blears: Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Communities and Local Government's Departmental Expenditure Limits for 2008-09 will change as follows:
	The Department for Communities and Local Government's Main Programmes DEL will be increased by £162,288,000 from £11,499,316,000 to £11,661,604,000 and the administration budget will also be increased by £1,240,000 from £289,689,000 to £290,929,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 £'000 
			  Change NEW DEL 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource -21,710 21,879 4,004,919 370,749 4,375,668 
			 Of which  
			 Administration budget (*) -260 1,500 289,429 1,500 290,929 
			 Near-cash in RDEL -94,739 94,908 3,897,409 324,846 4,222,255 
			 Capital (**) -378,959 531,159 2,102,515 5,224,685 7,327,200 
			 Depreciation(***) 1,071 8,848 -36,206 -5,058 -41,264 
			 Total -399,598 561,886 6,071,228 5,590,376 11,661,604 
			 (*)The total of 'Administration budget' and 'Near cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total Resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping. (** )Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. (*** )Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
	(i) a transfer of £1,031,000 to Request for Resources 2 (Local Government DEL) (see 2(iv) below).
	(ii) a net transfer of £1,200,000 from other government departments, comprising:
	To other Government Departments
	Programme Expenditure
	(a) £40,000 to the Cabinet Office for the Government Secure Zone Security Monitoring and Control Centre.
	From Other government Departments
	Administration Costs (Government Offices)
	(b) £1,240,000 from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform for early exit costs of BERR staff in the Government Offices.
	(iii) a net increase in receipts of £20,467,000 offsetting increases in provision of £100,000 for Homelessness and Housing Reform for the pilot scheme on overcrowding and worklessness; £1,000,000 for the Community Builders Fund; £500,000 for the cross Government project on adults facing chronic exclusion; £2,069,000 for Fire control rooms; £11,400,000 for Firelink payments made by the Department on behalf of the devolved administrations; £28,000 for choice based lettings; £4,200,000 for central administration comprising £700,000 for additional work on behalf of other Government Departments and £3,500,000 for outward secondees to other organisations; and £1,170,000 for Government Offices to reflect additional work being undertaken on behalf of the Department of Health.
	(iv) a net transfer of £21,879,000 from voted to non voted provision comprising:
	From voted to non-voted provision
	(a) £2,500,000 to FireBuy for costs arising from litigation in connection with the Integrated Clothing Project;
	(b) £40,953,000 to the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) to reflect the accounting implications of the application of merger accounting to the establishment of the HCA;
	(c) £45,000,000 to non voted European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to cover the near cash utilisation cost associated with the balance sheet provision raised in 2007-08 in respect of 1997-99 programmes;
	(d) £5,481,000 to the Homes and Communities Agency comprising £1,930,000 for set up costs, £3,100,000 for the ATLAS programme and £451,000 to cover costs of staff seconded to the HCA;
	(e) £722,000 to the Tenant Services Authority as part of the Authority's first year budget; and
	Administration costs
	(f) £1,500,000 to non voted Government Offices from central administration to adjust budgets for utilisation of provisions in respect of early exit costs.
	From non- voted to voted provision
	(g) £1,100,000 to Implementing Planning Reforms for the Mine Waste Directive and the Renewable Energy Strategy;
	(h) £10,748,000 to Government Offices for a new balance sheet provision for staff early exits;
	(i) £8,000,000 for bad debts on old ERDF programmes;
	(j) £800,000 for the cost of capital charge on lending to the Fire Service College;
	(k) £429,000 to New Dimension for depreciation charges on Mass Decontamination vehicles;
	(1) £50,200,000 non-cash for the creation of new provisions for future liabilities in respect of financial corrections to old ERDF programmes, including £18,807,000 from Departmental Unallocated Provision; and
	(m) £3,000,000 non-cash for the creation of provisions for future liabilities under the Homeowners Mortgage Support scheme.
	The change in the administration budget arises from a transfer of £1,240,000 from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (see l(ii) above)
	The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from
	(v) An increase of £149,700,000 for the changes announced in the Pre Budget report in November 2008 as part of the fiscal stimulus aimed at supporting the economy through the current economic downturn. The increase comprises £87,000,000 for Arms Length Management Organisations; £43,000,000 for Gap funding for large scale voluntary transfers and £19,700,000 for the Community Infrastructure Fund;
	(vi) a transfer of £2,500,000 from Request for Resources 2 ( Local Government DEL) for the Regeneration Monitoring and Digital Inclusion programme;
	(vii) A decrease in voted receipts of £105,100,000 offset by decreases in non voted provision of
	(a) £50,000,000 for Thames Gateway comprising £44,000,000 through the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), £3,000,000 through the London Urban Development Corporation and £3,000,000 through the Thurrock Urban Development Corporation; and
	(b) £55,100,000 for the HCA's Affordable Housing Programme.
	(viii) A net decrease in voted receipts of £10,099,000 offset by a net decrease in voted expenditure comprising:
	(a) a decrease of £10,300,000 for the New Deal for Communities;
	(b) an increase of £150,000 for central administration in respect of the Department's interest in the sale of land transferred to the Building and Research Establishment; and
	(c) an increase of £51,000 for choice based lettings.
	(ix) A net transfer of £486,559,000 from voted to non voted provision comprising
	From voted to non-voted provision
	(a) £541,408,000 to the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) to reflect the accounting implications of the application of merger accounting to the establishment of the HCA.
	From non- voted to voted provision
	(b) £20,253,000 from the Olympic programme contingency for payments to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport towards the 2012 Olympics;
	(c) £34,596,000 to Fire control rooms for the temporary acquisition of two Regional Control Centre leases.
	(2) The Department for Communities and Local Government's Local Government DEL will be increased by £18,941,000 from £24,873,688,000 to £24,892,629,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			   £'000 
			  Change NEW DEL 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource 11,441 0 24,614,751 103,109 24,717,860 
			 Of which  
			 Administration budget (*)  
			 Near-cash in RDEL 11,441 0 24,614,751 102,223 24,716,974 
			 Capital (**) 7,500 0 174,582 1,018 175,600 
			 Depreciation(***) 0 0 0 -831 -831 
			 Total 18,941 0 24,789,333 103,296 24,892,629 
			 (**)Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. (***)Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL, since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
	(i) take up of End Year Flexibility of £10,000,000 for Local Government Public Services Agreement to cover planned spending over the amount provided in the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007;
	(ii) take up of End Year Flexibility of £410,000 for Invest to Save Budget Special Grant to provide funding for projects relating to this financial year;
	(iii) an increase in receipts of £1,500,000 offsetting an increase in expenditure for Private Finance Initiative (PFD Special Grant to meet the higher costs of PFI projects for this financial year;
	(iv) a net transfer of £1,031,000 from Request for Resources 1 (Main DEL) comprising:
	a) £831,000 for Best Value Inspection to support Audit Commission Comprehensive Performance Assessment work on Fire and Rescue Authorities;
	b) £200,000 for London Governance for the Mayor's new planning powers under the Greater London Authority Act 2007
	The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from
	(v) a take up of End Year Flexibility of £10,000,000 for Local Government Public Services Agreement to cover planned spending over the amount provided in the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007;
	(vi) A transfer of £2,500,000 to Request for Resources 1 (Main DELI (see l(iv) above).

Edward Miliband: Subject to Parliamentary approval of the New Estimate, the total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) budget for the Department of Energy and Climate Change will be £2,790,657,000 and the Administration budget will be £98,320,000.
	
		
			£'000 
			  Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL -844,531 1,933,534 1,089,003 
			 of which:
			 Administration budget(*) 98,320 0 98,320 
			 Near-cash in RDEL (*) -949,315 1,981,286 1,031,971 
			 Capital DEL(**) 513,230 1,195,401 1,708,631 
			 Less Depreciation (***) -3,105 -3,872 -6,977 
			 Total DEL -334,406 3,125,063 2,790,657 
			 (*)The total of 'Administration budget' and 'Near cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total Resource DEL, due to definitions overlapping. (** )Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. (*** )Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The resource element of the DEL arises from:
	i) A Machinery of Government transfer from the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform of a net negative £963,013,000 voted near-cash, £1,711,504,000 of non-voted near-cash, a net negative £2,980,000 voted non-cash and a net negative £47,752,000 of non-voted non-cash in respect of Supporting affordable, secure and sustainable energy and managing historic energy liabilities effectively and responsibly;
	ii) A Machinery of Government transfer from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of £152,512,000 voted near-cash and £34,000,000 of non-voted near-cash in respect of bringing about a low-carbon Britain, Developing an international agreement on climate change and Promoting low carbon technologies in developing countries;
	iii) a reduction in non-voted expenditure of £27,000,000 and a reduction in voted income of £28,932,000 relating to reclassification of entities within the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority;
	iv) an increase in non-voted expenditure of £296,782,000 and an increase in voted income of £296,782,000 due to updated income and expenditure forecasts for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority;
	v) a Reserve claim of £54,100,000 non-cash in respect of an increase in provision for the Concessionary Fuel Scheme;
	vi) utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £50,300,000 non-cash in respect of an increase in provision for the Concessionary Fuel Scheme;
	vii) a transfer of £80,000 from the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in respect of compensation for mesothelioma sufferers; and
	viii) an increase in voted near-cash expenditure and a decrease in non-voted near-cash expenditure of £34,000,000 with respect to take up of Departmental Unallocated Provision for the Warm Front programme.
	Also within the resource DEL, the Administration budget arises from:
	ix) A Machinery of Government transfer from the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform of £52,471,000 near-cash and £3,000 of non-cash in respect of Professional support and infrastructure; and
	i) a Machinery of Government transfer from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs of £42,485,000 near-cash and £3,361,000 of non-cash in respect of Professional support and infrastructure.
	The change in the Capital element of the DEL arises from:
	i) A Machinery of Government transfer from the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform of a net negative £7,582,000 voted and £1,248,183,000 non-voted in respect of Supporting affordable, secure and sustainable energy and managing historic energy liabilities effectively and responsibly;
	ii) A Machinery of Government transfer from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs of £402,030,000 voted and £16,000,000 non-voted in respect of bringing about a low-carbon Britain, Developing an international agreement on climate change and Promoting low carbon technologies in developing countries;
	iii) A 2008 Pre Budget Report award of £50,000,000 in respect of bringing about a low-carbon Britain;
	iv) a reduction in voted income of £52,782,000 and a reduction in non-voted expenditure of £52,782,000 due to updated income and expenditure forecasts for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; and
	v) an increase in voted expenditure and a decrease in non-voted expenditure of £16,000,000 with respect to take up of Departmental Unallocated Provision for the Warm Front programme.

Edward Miliband: Together with my right hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and the Minister for Housing, I am today publishing three consultation documents, the "Heat and Energy Saving Strategy" (HESS), the "Carbon Emissions Reduction Target uplift" (CERT) and the" Community Energy Saving Programme" (CESP), which together make up a comprehensive package to save energy and reduce emissions from now through to 2020 and beyond and increase the UK's energy security.
	The consultation on "Heat and Energy Saving Strategy" sets out the Government's long-term vision for dramatically improving the energy efficiency of our homes and businesses. If the UK is to achieve its targets on emissions reductions and renewable energy, we will have to move beyond conventional and easy to install energy efficiency measures and consider more radical ways of saving energy. We will also need to decarbonise the generation and supply of heat. By 2050, emissions from UK households need to be approaching zero if we are to meet our target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent.. The Minister for Housing recently published a consultation setting out proposals on making new homes zero-carbon from 2016, and seeking views on the Government's ambition that non-domestic buildings should be zero carbon from 2019. This strategy therefore concentrates on existing buildings. By 2020, our ambition is to have made available comprehensive whole house solutions to improve the energy performance of approximately 7 million homes. Building on this and by 2030, we aim to have made those measures available to all households.
	In support of this, two consultations on increasing the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target by 20 per cent. and the Community Energy Saving Programme set out the Government's immediate plans for households. In particular, they include increasing the current roll-out of energy efficiency measures and a new programme to deliver whole house solutions to the most vulnerable households in deprived communities. The Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) is the Government's principal tool for delivering household energy and carbon savings. Under CERT, electricity and gas suppliers are required to meet challenging carbon-saving targets by encouraging households to take up energy efficiency measures. Suppliers are free to decide how to deliver their obligations, but typically will promote free and subsidised offers on key measures such as loft and cavity wall insulation and high-efficiency lights and appliances. They are obliged to meet at least 40 per cent. of their targets in a priority group qualifying, low-income households, including those aged over 70. The obligation applies in England, Scotland and Wales. By way of increasing the number of energy saving measures available to consumers and in response to high and rising energy prices, the Prime Minister, on 11 September 2008, proposed raising the CERT target by 20 per cent.. Making a significant contribution to the UK's environmental and social ambitions, increasing the level of CERT will mean a revised carbon target of 185 million tonnes lifetime C02 savings (from 154MtC02) to be delivered by 31 March 2011. This means annual savings of 5:3 MtC02 (from 4.2 MtC02), equivalent to the annual C02 emissions from 940,000 homes. It is expected to drive increased energy supplier investment of some £576 million, taking total energy supplier CERT investment to some £3.2 billion.
	The Community Energy Savings Programme (CESP) was also announced on 11 September 2008 by the Prime Minister, and aims to deliver holistic packages of carbon abatement measures to vulnerable households in low-income, deprived communities in Great Britain and offers an opportunity to pilot some of the approaches outlined in the "Heat and Energy Saving" consultation document. The key proposals will deliver substantial emissions reductions and permanent fuel bills savings for those in the targeted areas, and are:
	A new obligation on energy suppliers and electricity generators to deliver an estimated £350 million of energy efficiency measures, and to ensure fairness to be targeted at the most vulnerable domestic consumers.
	Ensuring targeted households, and hard to treat properties, receive the most effective and expensive actions like solid wall insulation.
	Measures to be offered as a package to deliver whole house solutions, delivered in a house by house, street by street approach.
	To deliver support through a community partnership where local authorities and community groups work with the electricity generators and energy suppliers to help identify the households in most need.
	The proposals in these consultation documents will help us to tackle both the immediate difficulties people face in paying their energy bills and the longer-term issues we face in becoming more energy efficient and decarbonising our heat supply.

David Miliband: Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £128,154,000 from £2,080,557,000 to £2,208,711,000. The administration budget will be decreased by £18,000 from £430,535,000 to £430,517,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table.
	
		
			 £000 
			  Change New DEL 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource 98,154 — 2,074,701 3,000 2,077,701 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration budget(1) -18 — 430,517 — 430,517 
			 Near-cash in Resource DEL 118,154 — 1,923,647 17,000 1,940,647 
			 Capital(2) 10,000 — 216,060 — 216,060 
			 Depreciation(3) 20,000 — -85,050 — -85,050 
			 Total 128,154 — 2,205,711 3,000 2,208,711 
			 (1) The total of 'Administration budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping. (2 )Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. (3) Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from: Request for Resources 1
	Administration
	I. £18,000 transfer of administration budget to DIUS for Government Skills.
	Programme
	I. Take up of £10,800,000 other current EYF in respect of restructuring.
	II. Take up of £6,500,000 other current EYF in respect of adverse currency fluctuations.
	III. Claim on the Reserve of £24,500,000 other current in respect of Consular Premiums.
	IV. Claim on the Reserve of £24,000,000 current grants in respect of the International Subscriptions cost sharing agreement.
	V. Transfer of £4,700,000 from the Home Office for work on migration.
	VI. Transfer of £1,000,000 other current from DfID in respect of the Returns and Reintegration Fund.
	VII. Transfer of £200,000 other current from DfID in respect of bilateral project work in Africa.
	VIII. Transfer of £11,120,000 other current to the Security and Intelligence Agencies for expansion and capability.
	IX. Transfer of £1,800,000 other current to MoD for counter-narcotics work in Afghanistan.
	X. Transfer of £270,000 other current to the Security and Intelligence Agencies for expansion and capability.
	XI. Transfer of £104,000 other current to the Home Office in respect of gratis visas for Zenit St Petersburg fans.
	XII. Transfer of £10,000,000 other current to capital in respect of capital pressures, in particular FCO Services capitalisation.
	Neutral Changes
	I. To reflect the estimated indirect resource impact of the introduction of the IFRS Financial Instruments trigger point 1 on unrealised gains for forward purchase of Stirling contracts of £80,000,000, with an offsetting debit in impairments.
	II. Transfer of £39,400,000 other current from RfR1 to RfR2 in respect of Peacekeeping pool funds in Africa.
	III. Transfer from depreciation to near cash other current of £20,000,000.
	IV. Transfer of £6,900,000 other current to British Council in respect of exchange rate fluctuations and the cost of the Turner exhibition in China.
	V. Budget neutral increase in A-in-A and administration costs of £20,000,000 for services provided to partners across government, including FTN telecom charges.
	VI. Budget neutral increase in A-in-A and other current of £22,000,000 for Consular fees.
	VII. Budget neutral increase in A-in-A and other current of £309,700,000 for UKBA charges following the MoG change.
	VIII. Budget neutral increase in A-in-A and other current of £600,000 in respect of FCOS interest payments.
	Request for Resources 2
	Programme
	I. A claim on the Reserve of £27,600,000 current grants in respect of the take up of the balance of Peacekeeping pool funds of which £13,925,000 for Africa and £13,675,000 for Rest of World.
	II. Transfer of £15,350,000 current grants from MoD in respect of the Stabilisation Aid Fund of which £13,600,000 is for work in Afghanistan and £1,750,000 for work in Iraq.
	III. Transfer of £1,000,000 current grants from DfID in respect of global conflict prevention work.
	IV. Transfer of £6,516,000 current grants from DfID in respect of conflict prevention work in Africa.
	V. Transfer of £216,000 current grants from DfID in respect of work in Ghana by the Carter Centre.
	VI. Transfer of £916,000 to DfID in respect of management of Stabilisation Aid Fund projects in Afghanistan.
	Neutral Changes
	I. Transfer of £39,400,000 other current from RfR1 to RfR2 in respect of Peacekeeping pool funds in Africa.
	The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:
	Request for Resources 1
	Capital
	I. Transfer of £10,000,000 other current to capital in respect of capital pressures, in particular FCO Services capitalisation.

David Miliband: On 5 February I made an oral statement to the House on the case of Mr. Binyam Mohamed, following the judgment handed down in the High Court on 4 February. As I underlined in the debate that followed, we are working as fast and as hard as we can to secure Mr. Mohamed's release from Guantanamo Bay and return to the UK.
	I now wish to update the House regarding progress made in Mr. Mohamed's case.
	Senior Government officials, including Her Majesty's Ambassador to the United States, have held further talks with the US Administration in recent days. President Obama issued Executive Orders on 22 January which established a review of the cases of all those detained at Guantanamo Bay. Following our representations, the US Administration has now agreed that Mr. Mohamed's case should be treated as a priority in this process. We continue to work with the US to achieve a swift resolution.
	We have long been concerned with reports of Mr. Mohamed's welfare and medical condition. Yesterday I met with Mr. Mohamed's US military defence counsel, Lt. Col. Yvonne Bradley, and her account underlined these concerns. The US government has also agreed that Foreign Office officials should visit Mr. Mohamed as soon as possible. The visit will help us make preparations for his return, should the review confirm a decision to release him. The team will include a medical examiner, who would take part in any return, so that he may assess Mr. Mohamed's condition himself and report back.
	I will keep the House informed on this issue.

Phil Woolas: I am today laying regulations on fees for immigration and nationality services.
	The Government review the fees on a regular basis and makes appropriate changes as necessary. We have continued with our strategic approach to charging; setting certain fees on the basis of the value of the service as well as cost recovery in a number of areas.
	Some fees will continue to be set at or below levels that reflect the administrative costs of the service. These fees must be set out in regulations before both Houses of Parliament and are subject to the negative procedure. Other fees continue to be set at levels above the normal administrative costs of the service. This allows us to generate revenue which is used either to set certain fees below cost recovery or to deliver the Government's wider objectives such as the doubling of resource for enforcement announced in March 2007, and the fund to manage the transitional impacts of migration announced in July 2008. These fees must also be specified in regulations before both Houses, but are subject to the affirmative process.
	Today I laid regulations setting the fees charged above cost recovery. I am announcing our proposals for all the immigration and nationality fees we intend to charge during 2009/10 in order that Parliament may consider these regulations in context. For transparency, I have included the estimated unit cost for each route, so that it is clear which fees are set at or below cost recovery and the degree to which certain other routes are not.
	Finally, we have also proposed fees for several new processes and services we provided previously free of charge. These new services were specified in the Fees Order laid on the 21 January. The fees for these services will be set in negative regulations. Full details on how to apply for these services will be provided on our website, www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk.
	A full table of fees for 2009-10 is set out at Annex A.
	
		
			 PBS Sponsorship Fees 
			 Current Products 2008-09 Fee (£) ProposedFee 2009-10(£) Unit Cost 09/10 
			 Tier 2 Sponsor licence - small business 300 300 858 
			 Tier 2 Sponsor licence - medium/large business 1000 1000 858 
			 Tier 4 Sponsor licence 400 400 858 
			 Tier 5 Sponsor licence 400 400 858 
			 Tier 2 & 4 Sponsor licence - small business 400 400 858 
			 Tier 2 & 4 Sponsor licence -medium/large business 1000 1000 858 
			 Tier 2 & 5 Sponsor licence - small business 400 400 858 
			 Tier 2 & 5 Sponsor licence -medium/large business 1000 1000 858 
			 Tier 4 & 5 Sponsor licence 400 400 858 
			 Tier 2, 4 & 5 Sponsor licence - small business 400 400 858 
			 Tier 2, 4 & 5 Sponsor licence -medium/large business 1000 1000 858 
			 Tier 2 & 4, 5 Licence - Medium/Large Sponsor, where they currently hold Tier 4 &/or Tier 5 Licence 600 600 858 
			 Tier 4 &/or Tier 5 Licence - Small Sponsor, where they currently hold Tier 2 Licence 100 100 858 
			 Tier 2 Certificate of Sponsorship 170 170 29 
			 Tier 4 Confirmation of acceptance for Studies N/A 10 29 
			 Tier 5 Certificate of Sponsorship 10 10 29 
		
	
	
		
			 Fees for Application Made Outside the UK 
			 Current Products 2008-09 Fee (£) ProposedFee for2009-10 (£) Unit Costs 09/10 (£) 
			 Non-PBS Visas
			 Visitor visa short term 65 67 101 
			 Visitor visa long term (up to 2 yr) 205 215 127 
			 Visitor visa long term (2 to 5 yr)  400 127 
			 Visitor visa long term (5 to 10 yr)  500 127 
			 Settlement visa 515 585 379 
			 Other visa 205 215 126 
			 Direct Airside Transit Visa 45 46 70 
			 Certificate of Entitlement 205 215 126 
			 PBS Visas
			 Tier 1 (General) 600 675 412 
			 Tier 1 (General/Entrepreneur) (CESC)(**) 540 615 412 
			 Tier 1 (Investor) 600 675 412 
			 Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) 600 675 412 
			 Tier 1 (Post Study) 205 265 412 
			 Tier 1 (transition) 200 250 412 
			 Tier 1 (transition) (CESC) 180 230 412 
			 Tier 2 205 265 176 
			 Tier 2 (CESC) 185 245 176 
			 Tier 4 99 145 258 
			 Tier 5 99 125 188 
			 Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) (CESC) 90 110 188 
			 (*)Dependants apply separately for a visa and pay the same fee as the main applicant. (**)For certain types of application, we offer a reduced fee to nationals of countries that have ratified the Council of Europe Social Charter (1961) (the CESC), in line with the UK's obligations under this Charter. These countries are Croatia, FYR Macedonia and Turkey. 
		
	
	
		
			 Fees for Applications Made Inside the UK 
			 Current Products 2008-09 Fee Current Products (£) ProposedFee for2009/10 (£) Unit Costs 09/10 (£) 
			 Applications Made in the UK-Outside the Points-Based System 
			 Indefinite Leave to Remain - Postal 750 820* 318 
			 Indefinite Leave to Remain - application made at a Public Enquiry Office (PEO) 950 1020* 278 
			 Indefinite Leave to Remain - Postal (CESC) N/A 750* 318 
			 Indefinite Leave to Remain - application made at a Public Enquiry Office (PEO) (CESC) N/A 920* 278 
			 Leave to Remain Non Student - Postal 395 465* 392 
			 Leave to Remain Non Student - PEO 595 665* 286 
			 FLR-IED - Postal 350 400* 230 
			 FLR-IED - PEO 550 600* 250 
			 FLR- BUS 750 800* 247 
			 Certificate of Approval 295 295 402 
			 Transfer of Conditions - Postal 160 165 399 
			 Transfer of Conditions - PEO 500 515 302 
			 Travel Documents Adult CID 210 215 243 
			 Travel Documents Adult CTD 72 72 242 
			 Travel Documents Child CID 130 135 258 
			 Travel Documents Child CTD 46 46 245 
			 Nationality 6(1) Single 575 640* 175 
			 Nationality 6(1) Joint 575 690 221 
			 Nationality 6(2) Others 575 640* 175 
			 Nationality Registration Adult 400 460 175 
			 Nationality Registration Single Minors 400 460 175 
			 Nationality Registration Multiple Minors 400 510** 252 
			 Renunciation of Nationality 385 395 177 
			 Nationality Right of Abode 135 140 176 
			 Re-issued Certificates of Nationality 20 75 182 
			 Replacement BID 30 30 51 
			 PBS Routes - Migrant Inside UK 
			 Tier 1 (General) - Postal 750 820* 247 
			 Tier 1 (General) - PEO 950 1020* 249 
			 Tier 1 (General / Entrepreneur) - Postal (CESC) N/A 750* 247 
			 Tier 1 (General) - PEO (CESC) N/A 920* 249 
			 Tier 1 (Investor) - Postal 750 820* 247 
			 Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) - Postal 750 820* 247 
			 Tier 1 (Post Study) - Postal 400 500* 247 
			 Tier 1 (Post Study) - PEO 600 700* 260 
			 Tier 1 (Transition) - Postal 350 400* 247 
			 Tier 1 (Transition) - PEO 550 600* 249 
			 Tier 2 - Postal 400 465* 230 
			 Tier 2 - PEO 600 665* 250 
			 Tier 2 - Postal (CESC) N/A 425* 230 
			 Tier 2 - PEO (CESC) N/A 605* 250 
			 Tier 4 - Postal 295 357* 357 
			 Tier 4 - PEO 500 565* 373 
			 Tier 5 - Postal 100 125 230 
			 Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) - PEO 500 515 250 
			 Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) - Postal (CESC) N/A 110 230 
			 Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) - PEO (CESC) N/A 460 250 
		
	
	*An additional £50 for each dependant applied for at the same time is also payable.
	**After the first two minors, an additional £50 per extra child included on the application form is also payable.
	
		
			 NEW PRODUCTS NOTES 2008-09  Fee (£) Proposed  Fee for  2009/10  (£) Unit  Costs  09/10 (£) 
			 International 
			 Vignette Transfer Fee Transfer visa vignette between passports 0 75 75 
			 In UK 
			 Status Letters (Nationality) Formal letter confirming applicants current status in the UK as a person who has acquired British Nationality. £75 (fee needs to be the same for duplicate certificate +based on coasts 0 75 87 
			 Non-Acquisition  Letters  (Nationality) Formal letter confirming that a person has not acquired British Nationality 0 75 87 
			 Status Letters (Immigration) Formal letter confirming applicants current immigration status in the UK. £75 (fee needs to be the same for duplicate certificate + based on costs) 0 75 87 
			 Call out/Out of hours fee E.g. Capture of biometric data away from a UKBA public enquiry office. Currently offered at certain locations overseas. Optional service offered by prior appointment only. Same under cost fee as is currently charged for overseas service. N/A £128 per hour  up to  a  maximum  of £922 a  day £134/hour 
			 Work Permit Technical Changes Application for an employer to amend personal details of an employee on a work permit, or to make minor changes to the information UKBA holds. For example, a technical change could be a change of name on marriage, change of your business address, or where both the employee and the specific job they were approved for, move location. 0 20 230

Jacqui Smith: Plans of changes to the departmental expenditure limit and administrative budget for 2008-09.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Home Office's departmental expenditure limits for 2008-09 will be increased by £2,822,000 from £9,688,381,000 to £9,691,203,000 and the administration budget will be reduced by £618,000 from £399,289,000 to £3,671,000.
	Within the DEL change, the impact on resource and capital are as set out in the following table.
	
		
			 £000 
			  Change New DEL  
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 26,543 (32,161) 8,233,339 762,542 8,995,881 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration budget(1) (27,860) (28,478) 398,671 0 398,671 
			 Near cash in RDEL(2) (2,587) (3,031) 8,071,611 723,818 8,795,429 
			 Capital(2) 1,540 11,500 577,727 289,313 867,040 
			 Less depreciation(3) (4,600) 0 (115,434) 56,284) (171,718) 
			 Total 23,483 (20,661) 8,695,632 995,571 9,691,203 
			 (1 )The total of the 'Administration Budget' and 'Near cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping. (2) Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in estimates and accounts by which are treated as capital DEL budgets. (3) Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	
		
			 £000 
			  Total o/w near cash o/w Admin 
			 (a) The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from: (5,618) (5,618) (618) 
			 Take up of end year flexibility: 16,000 16,000 0 
			 Programme to meet UKBA's strategic objective to 'secure our borders and control migration for the 16,000b16,000enefit of our country'.
			 Transfers from other Government departments: 6,104 6,104 0 
			 Programme from the Department for Children Schools and Families to the UK Border Agency (section F) to fund the additional costs of the 'Leaving care' programme. 6,000 6,000 — 
			 Programme from the Foreign and Commonwealth office to the UK Boarder Agency (section F) for gratis visa fees relating to the 2008 UEFA Cup Final 104 104 — 
			 Transfer to other Government departments: (8,722) (8,722) (618) 
			 Programme from the UK Border Agency (section F) to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to help meet the costs of migration policies (4,700) (4,700) — 
			 Programme from the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (section D) to the Ministry of Defence for counter terrorism research. (3,404) (3,404) — 
			 Admin for Central Services (section H) to the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills for the Skills Strategy for Government (72) (72) (72) 
			 Classification changes: (19,000) (19,000) 0 
			 Switch programme to capital to fund the additional capital expenditure of the Forensic Science Service (19,000) (19,000) — 
			 
			   Capital Total 
			 (b) The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:   13,040 
			 Transfers to other Government departments: — — (5,960) 
			 Capital from the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (section D) to the Cabinet Office for the counter terrorism strategy — — (3,470) 
			 Capital from the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (section D) to the Ministry of Defence for the counter terrorism strategy — — (2,490) 
			 Classification changes: — — 19,000 
			 Switch programme to capital to fund the additional capital expenditure of the Forensic Science Service — — 19,000

John Denham: "Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £309,113,000 from £18,241,368,000 to £18,550,481,000 and the Administration Budget will be increased by £5,917,000 from £71,733,000 to £77,650,000.
	Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 £000 
			  Change New DEL  
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 35,434 237,857 -4,015,406 20,686,468 16,671,062 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration budget(1) 5,917 — 77,650 — 77,650 
			 Near Cash in Resource DEL(1) 31,082 156,494 -5,223,629 20,449,371 15,225,742 
			 Capital DEL(2) 1,524 130,476 -159,654 2,281,613 2,121,968 
			 Less Depreciation(3) -65,178 -31,000 -69,796 -172,753 -242,549 
			 Total DEL -28,220 337,33 -4,244,847 22,795,328 18,550,481 
			 (1 )The total of 'Administration Budget' and 'Near Cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total Resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping. (2) Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. (3) Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL in the table, since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	Resource DEL
	The increase in the Resource element of the DEL of £273,291,000 arises from an increase in the voted element of Resource DEL of £35,434,000 and an increase of £237,857,000 in the non-voted element of Resource DEL.
	Voted Resource DEL
	The £35,434,000 increase in the voted element of Resource DEL arises from:
	RfR1
	The take-up of £84,000,000 of near-cash End year Flexibility for Higher Education Support for Students (£74,000,000) and Further Education, Skills and International Programmes (£10,000,000).
	The take-up of £54,715,000 of non-cash End Year Flexibility (EYF) for Higher Education (£48,752,000), Science, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer (£5,732,000) and Further Education, Skills and International Programmes (£231,000).
	The take-up of £5,917,000 of near-cash Administration costs End Year Flexibility (EYF) for Activities to Support all Functions.
	The take-up from the Departmental Unallocated Provision (DUP) of £12,472,000 for Higher Education Support for Students (£8,008,000), Higher Education (£2,689,000) and Further Education, Skills and International Programmes (£1,775,000).
	A transfer from the Ministry of Justice of £1,957,000 for Offender Learning.
	Transfers from other Government Departments of £959,000 Administration costs for Government Skills.
	A transfer from the Department for Children, Schools and Families of £450,000 for the Further Education Procurement Consortium.
	Transfers from other Government Departments of £375,000 other resource for Government Skills.
	A net movement to non-voted Resource DEL of £53,936,000 consisting of increased to voted Resource DEL for Further Education, Skills and International Programmes (Grants) (£20,553,000), Science, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer (£252,000), and Higher Education (non-cash) (£32,000); and decreases to Higher Education Support for Students (non-cash) (£50,395,000), Higher Education (near-cash) (£12,972,000), Further Education, Skills and International Programmes (other current) (£10,291,000), Activities to Support all Functions (£895,000), and Higher Education Support for Students (near-cash) (£220,000).
	A net increase in voted receipts for the Learning and Skills Council of £56,405,000, offset by a net increase in the Learning and Skills Council non-voted Resource DEL.
	An increase in voted receipts for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills of £11,819,000, offset by an increase in the UK Commission for Employment and Skills non-voted Resource DEL.
	An increase in voted receipts for the Higher Education Funding Council for England of £596,000, offset by an increase in the Higher Education Funding Council for England non-voted Resource DEL.
	An increase in voted receipts of £1,955,000 reflecting the movement of the UK Intellectual Property Office Dividend from non-voted to voted Resource DEL receipts.
	A transfer from Administration to Programme in respect of the £959,000 transfers received from other Government Departments for Government Skills.
	RfR2
	A movement to non-voted Resource DEL of £700,000 from Knowledge Transfer.
	Non-voted Resource DEL
	The £237,857,000 increase in non-voted Resource DEL arises from:
	The take-up of £87,388,000 of near-cash End Year Flexibility (EYF) for the Higher Education Funding Council for England (£30,000,000), the Natural Environment Research Council (£26,706,000), the Science and Technology Facilities Council (£17,651,000), the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (£72,255,000), the Arts and Humanities Research Council (£2,595,000), the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (£2,353,000), the Medical Research Council (£425,000) and the Economic and Social Research Council (£403,000).
	The take-up from the Departmental Unallocated Provision (DUP) of £12,472,000 to voted Resource DEL for Higher Education Support for Students (£8,008,000), Higher Education (£2,689,000) and Further Education, Skills and International Programmes (£1,775,000).
	A transfer from the Department for Children, Schools and Families of £6,530,000 for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
	An increase in the Medical Research Council (MRC) non-voted non-cash Resource DEL of £31,000,000 arising from a claim on the DEL Reserve for the costs of bringing the MRC Commercial Fund into the Budgetary regime.
	A net movement to non-voted Resource DEL of £53,936,000 from RfR1 voted Resource DEL consisting of increases for the Higher Education Funding Council for England (£65,019,000), the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (£6,138,000), the Student Loans Company (£1,205,000), Investors in People UK (£100,000) and the Office for Fair Access (£60,000); and decreases for the Technology Strategy Board (£12,700,000), the Learning and Skills Council (£4,834,000), the Quality Improvement Agency (£800,000) and the Design Council (£252,000).
	A movement to non-voted Resource DEL of £700,000 from RfR2 voted Resource DEL for the Natural Environment Research Council
	A net increase in the Learning and Skills Council non-voted Resource DEL of £56,405,000, offset by a net increase in voted receipts for the Learning and Skills Council.
	An increase in the UK Commission for Employment and Skills non-voted Resource DEL of £11,819,000, offset by an increase in voted receipts for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
	An increase in the Higher Education Funding Council for England non-voted Resource DEL of £596,000, offset by an increase in voted receipts for the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
	An increase in non-voted Resource DEL of £1,955,000 reflecting the movement of the UK Intellectual Property Office Dividend to voted Resource DEL receipts.
	Capital DEL
	The increase in the Capital element of the DEL of £132,000,000 arises from an increase in the voted element of Capital DEL of £1,524,000 and an increase of £130,476,000 in the non-voted element of Capital DEL.
	Voted Capital DEL
	The £1,524,000 increase in the voted element of Capital DEL arises from:
	RfR1
	A movement to non-voted Capital DEL of £100,000 from Further Education, Skills and International Programmes to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
	An increase in voted Capital DEL of £374,000 brought forward from 2010-11 as announced in the 2008 pre-Budget report for High Education support for Students.
	RfR2
	A movement to voted Capital DEL of £1,250,000 from non-voted Capital DEL for the Medical Research Council to the Science and Research Investment Fund.
	Non-voted Capital DEL
	The £130,476,000 increase in the non-voted element of Capital DEL arises from:
	The take-up of £166,626,000 of Capital DEL brought forward from 2010-11 as announced in the 2008 pre-Budget report for the Learning and Skills Council (£110,000,000), the Higher Education Funding Council for England (£50,408,000), the Natural Environment Research Council (£5,000,000) and the Student Loans Company (£1,218,000).
	A transfer to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform of £35,000,000 as agreed in the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review settlement.
	A movement from RfR1 voted Capital DEL of £100,000 to non-voted Capital DEL for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
	A movement to RfR2 voted Capital DEL of £1,250,000 from non-voted Capital DEL for the Medical Research Council to the Science and Research Investment Fund.
	Administration Budget
	RfR1
	The £5,917,000 increase within the Administration Budget arises from:
	The take-up of £5,917,000 of near-cash End Year Flexibility (EYF).
	Transfers from other Government Departments totalling £959,000 for Government Skills.
	A transfer from Administration to Programme in respect of the £959,000 transfers received from other Government Departments for Government Skills".

David Lammy: In July 2006, Bill Rammell announced that the Student Loans Company (SLC) would become the national delivery organisation of a transformed student finance service which provides a higher quality of service, and is more convenient for the customer.
	The SLC is undergoing a programme of change to equip itself for its new role. As part of this we asked the Company to prepare a Delivery Strategy which sets out how it would deliver the policy objectives of DIUS and the Devolved Administrations.
	I received the final version of the Company's Delivery Strategy on 20 October 2008. It outlines what results the Company will deliver over the next three years, and the capacity and capability it will need to build, to ensure the effective delivery of the aspects of the student finance service for which it is now responsible. It also proposes the success measures that DIUS will use to hold the Company to account over its performance.
	I am going to place the SLC Delivery Strategy in the Libraries of the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

Shahid Malik: My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of state (Lord Bach) has made the following Written ministerial statement.
	"Between 18 June and 10 September 2008, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Legal Services commission (LSC) consulted on options for how payments made under the Family Graduated Fees Scheme, which governs payments to barristers for family legal aid work, could be reduced in order to live within budget, and to protect services to vulnerable clients. Our consultation was announced in a statement made by my noble Friend, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, on 18 June, Official Report, column WS81.
	Expenditure on legal aid barrister family advocacy has risen unsustainably from £74 million to nearly £100 million in the last five years—a rise of over 30 per cent. Over the same period, the number of cases has increased by only 11 per cent., so there has been a significant rise in average case costs in a short period. Payments to family barristers now form over 10 per cent. of the entire civil legal aid budget. Legal aid operates within a fixed budget and the department is obliged to take action to remain within that budget, or risk being forced to reduce vital services.
	Following the close of our formal consultation in the autumn, we have continued to engage with interested parties to hear their views. We are grateful to respondents for their time. We have listened and changed many of our proposals, and accepted some of the suggestions made by consultees.
	Today I am announcing a package of measures to restructure family barrister payments, reduce overall expenditure, and to refocus resources on high-priority clients. Given the significant priority afforded to public law children cases, these reductions will apply primarily to private family law work, such as child contact and residence disputes, and disputes over property. The Government is considering how we can increase the number of private law disputes which are resolved through mediation, because adversarial proceedings are not always in the interest of the parties. We will make the following changes to the Family Graduated Fee Scheme for barristers:
	Abolish the "more than two parties". Special Issue Payment which provides a 40 per cent. increase to fees when claimed in public law cases. We received strong representations from interested parties that this element of the scheme did not represent a sufficiently 'special' issue to merit a fee increase, as there are more than two parties in the large majority of such cases.
	Re-direct most of the funding spent on the 2 more than two parties" Special Issue Payment into increasing by £4.4 million p.a. the fees paid to barristers for hearings and conferences in child care or supervision proceedings. This will mean an increase in fees paid to lawyers in at least 3,500 of these cases each year.
	In private law disputes concerning child contact or residence, reduce the Special Issue Payments claimable by barristers for conduct issues and additional experts from 50 per cent. to 30 per cent. and 20 per cent. respectively. Both of these payments are currently running at 150 per cent. of the level intended.
	In private law disputes concerning financial settlement on divorce, abolish the most expensive Special Issue Payments claimable by barristers for issues concerning conduct, analysis of accounts, assets which are outside the control of the parties, and more than one expert. In addition, we intend to reduce the Special Issue Payments claimable for litigants in person or a relevant foreign element from 25 per cent. to 20 per cent. All of these payments are running at a level higher than that intended.
	Introduce tighter procedures for barristers' claims for Special Preparation Fees, which was a suggestion made to us by interested parties. This is an area where fees are running at 800 per cent. of the level that anyone expected. Barristers will be required to submit to judges a detailed schedule of the hours spent in preparation so that these payments are only made where appropriate. We will also revise the claim forms so that the basis of any claim is clear.
	We are not reducing expenditure in the Domestic Violence category.
	Annual expenditure on family barristers' fees is now nearly £26 million per year higher than it was five years ago—an increase which far outstrips any increase in cases. These changes will help us to reduce net expenditure by £6.5 million per year, and to refocus resources on some of the most vulnerable families and children in society"

Jack Straw: Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Northern Ireland Court Service (NICS) and The National Archives (TNA) Total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased as follows:
	Total DEL for MoJ (RfR1, 2 and 3) is increased by £126,542,000 from £9,743,845,200 to £9,870,387,200 and the administration budget has increased by £195,000 from £461,841,000 to £462,036,000.
	Total AME for MoJ (RfR1, 2 and 3) is increased by £455,000,000.
	Total DEL for NICS is increased by £20,000,000 from £132,569,000 to £152,569,000 and the administration budget has decreased by £(1,000,000) from £(507,000) to £(1,507,000). This is due to an increase in administration income.
	Total DEL for the TNA increased by £1,104,000 from £43,420,000 to £44,524,000 and the administration budget remains unchanged.
	Within the Total DEL change for MoJ (RfR1, 2 and 3) the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table.
	
		
			 £000 
			  Change New DEL  
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL: 260,745 (196,995) 5,880,642 3,433,926 9,314,568 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration(1) 195 0 462,036 0 462,036 
			 Near cash in Resource DEL 49,959 3,767 4,682,905 3,958,031 8,640,936 
			 Capital(2) 68,778 912 921,818 40,512 962,330 
			 Depreciation(3) (1,980) (4,918) (398,308) (8,203) (406,511) 
			 Total 327,543 (201,001) 6,404,152 3,466,235 9,870,387 
			 Total AME 455,000 0 595,000 0 595,000 
			 (1) The total of "administration budget" and "near-cash in Resource DEL" figures may well be greater than total Resource DEL due to the definitions overlapping. (2 )Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. (3) Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	(1) The change in the Resource and Capital DEL for MoJ arises from:
	RfR1: To promote the development of a modern, fair, cost-effective and efficient system of justice for all.
	Resource Change: Admin (total decrease of (£685,000))
	Take up of End-Year Flexibility (EYF):
	An increase of £95,000 in Resource DEL in respect of EYF draw down for the Diana Princess of Wales Inquest.
	Other Increases:
	An increase of £546,000 in Resource DEL in relation to the transfer of Corporate Costs from the Home Office.
	Decreases:
	A decrease in admin budget of £(1,104,000) in relation to a machinery of government change of the Statutory Publications Office to The National Archives (TNA).
	A decrease in admin budget of £(222,000) transferred to the Department for Innovation Skills and Universities (DIUS) in relation to Government Skills Funding.
	Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £97,957,000)
	Take up of End-Year Flexibility (EYF):
	An increase of £5,000,000 in Resource DEL in respect of EYF draw down for The Reform and Modernisation Programme (RAMP).
	Reserve Claims:
	An increase of £35,000,000 in Resource DEL in relation to the Modernisation Fund.
	An increase of £15,000,000 in Resource DEL in relation to the Prison Capacity Programme.
	Other Increases:
	An increase in Resource DEL of £22,739,000 in relation to the Young Offender Education Funding from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).
	An increase in Resource DEL of £10,000,000 in relation to an increase in Pension Provisions within the National Probation Service Local Area Boards.
	An increase in Resource DEL of £4,100,000 in relation to Intensive Fostering from the DCSF.
	An increase in Resource DEL of £1,778,000 from the Department of Health (DoH) in relation to the Mental Health Review Tribunal Funding.
	An increase in Resource DEL of £1,455,000 from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) in relation to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Funding.
	An increase in Resource DEL of £1,055,000 in relation to the Parliamentary Counsel Office from the Cabinet Office.
	An increase in Resource DEL of £800,000 in relation to Social Workers in Young Offender Institutes from the DCSF.
	An increase in Resource DEL of £680,000 in relation to the implementation of the Youth Rehabilitation Order from the DCSF.
	An increase in Resource DEL of £220,000 in relation to Child Support Reform Funding from the DWP.
	An increase in Resource DEL of £130,000 in relation to the Virtual Courts Pilot Scheme from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
	Resource Change: Programme (total decrease of (£34,822,000))
	Decreases:
	A decrease of £(19,960,000) Resource DEL transferred to the DoH in respect of the Escorts and Bed watches.
	A decrease of £(9,936,000) Resource DEL transferred to the DoH to cover prisoner health care costs of new prison places as part of the Prison Capacity Programme.
	A decrease of £(2,600,000) Resource DEL transferred to the CPS in relation to the Victims Surcharge.
	A decrease of £(1,957,000) Resource DEL transferred to the DIUS to cover prisoner education costs of new prison places as part of the Prison Capacity Programme.
	A decrease of £(200,000) Resource DEL transferred to the DoH in respect of IDTS Clinical funding.
	A decrease of £(169,000) Resource DEL transferred to the CPS in relation to Liverpool Criminal Justice Centre.
	Capital Change (total increase of £69,690,000)
	Take up of End-Year Flexibility (EYF):
	An increase of £131,000,000 in Capital DEL in respect of EYF draw down for 102 Perry France.
	An increase of £3,200,000 in Capital DEL in respect of EYF drawn down for CORE Capital Grants.
	Other Increases:
	An increase of £1,500,000 in Capital DEL in relation to the provision of CCTV in Prisoner Communal Areas from the Home Office.
	An increase of £990,000 in Capital DEL in relation to the Accelerated Contest Funding from the Home Office.
	Decreases:
	A decrease of £(67,000,000) in Capital DEL in relation to the Carter Programme funding drawn down in the Winter Supplementary Estimate, but now re-profiled into 2009-10.
	AME Changes (total increase of £455,000,000)
	Other Increases:
	An increase of £430,000,000 provision for the National Offender Management Service relating to the impairment of assets.
	An increase of £25,000,000 provision for Her Majesty's Court Service relating to the impairment of assets.
	RfR2: Overseeing the effective operation of the devolution settlement in Scotland and representing the interests of Scotland in the UK Government.
	Resource Change: Admin (total increase of £880,000)
	Take up of End-Year Flexibility (EYF):
	An increase of £771,000 in Resource DEL in respect of an EYF draw down relating to the Secretary of State for Scotland.
	An increase of £109,000 in Resource DEL in respect of an EYF draw down relating to the Office of the Advocate General.
	Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £420,000)
	Other Increases:
	An increase of £420,000 Resource DEL in respect of EYF draw down relating to the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Scotland.
	RfR3: To support the Secretary of State in discharging his role of representing Wales in the UK Government, representing the UK Government in Wales and ensuring the smooth running of the devolution settlement in Wales.
	Total DEL for Wales has remained unchanged.
	There is no change in the Capital DEL for RfR2 and RfR3
	(2) The change in the Resource DEL for the Northern Ireland Court Service (NICS) arises from:
	Within the Total DEL change for Northern Ireland Court Service, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 £000 
			  Change New DEL  
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL: (2,000) 22,000 56,974 96,494 153,468 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration(1) (1,000) — (1,507) — (1,507) 
			 Near cash in Resource DEL (2,000) 22,000 42,023 93,706 135,729 
			 Capital(2) — — 8,200 — 8,200 
			 Depreciation(3) — — (8,658) (441) (9,099) 
			 Total (2,000) 22,000 56,516 96,053 152,569 
			 (1) The total of "administration budget" and "near-cash in Resource DEL" figures may well be greater than total Resource DEL due to the definitions overlapping. (2 )Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. (3) Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	Resource Change: Admin (total decrease of £(1,000,000))
	Other Decreases:
	The change in the administration budget arises from a £1,000,000 increase in civil court fee income. This will be offset against additional related costs to dispose of civil court business. The appropriations in aid are classified as administrative income and so the additional fee income will reduce the administration cost limit by £1,000,000.
	Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £21,000,000)
	Take up of End-Year Flexibility (EYF):
	Take up of EYF of £20,000,000 to cover an increased requirement in near-cash admin costs due to a projected shortfall by Northern Ireland Legal Services commission (NILSC) on legal aid expenditure. This is comprised of £9,316,000 near-cash, plus an agreed switch to near-cash of £847,000 non-cash and £9,837,000 capital.
	Other Increases:
	An increase in admin income as stated above has a subsequent impact of an increase of £1,000,000 in programme costs.
	Transfer of £2,000,000 resources to finance increase in grant to the NILSC. In budgetary terms, the utilisation of savings on resource DEL (voted) are being used to cover an increase in resource DEL spending (non-voted) by the NILSC.
	(3) The change in the Resource DEL for The National Archives arises from:
	Within the Total DEL change for The National Archives (TNA), the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table:
	
		
			 £000 
			  Change New DEL  
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL: 1,104 — 47,704 — 47,704 
			 Of which:  
			 Administration(1) — — — — — 
			 Near cash in Resource DEL 1,104 — 36,953 — 36,953 
			 Capital(2) — — 2,500 — 2,500 
			 Depreciation(3) — — (5,680) — (5,680) 
			 Total 1,104 — 44,524 — 44,524 
			 (1) The total of "administration budget" and "near-cash in Resource DEL" figures may well be greater than total Resource DEL due to the definitions overlapping. (2 )Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets. (3) Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting. 
		
	
	Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £1,104,000)
	Other Increases:
	An increase in Resource DEL of £1,104,000 in relation to a machinery of government change with a transfer of the Statutory Publications Office from the MoJ to TNA.
	Cabinet Office

Shaun Woodward: Subject to Parliamentary approval the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) will be taking a 2008-09 Spring Supplementary Estimate. The effect this will have is to increase the NIO's DEL by £146,802,000 from £1,215,517,000. to £1,362,319,000.
	
		
			 £000 
			  Change New DEL 
			  Vote Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource 57,596 48,484 392,993 951,451 1,344,444 
			 Admin budget (1,260) — 76,025 — 76,025 
			 Near-cash 42,425 33,305 295,225 708,517 1,003,742 
			 Capital 8,000 (40) 36,137 43,726 79,863 
			 Depreciation 17,690 15,072 (20,836) (41,152) (61,988) 
			 Total 83,286 63,516 408,294 954,025 1,362,319 
		
	
	The change in total DEL of £146,802,000 relates to the draw down of End Year Flexibility of £89,334,000 (£81,534,000 resource and £7,800,000 capital); rephrasing of non-cash budgets from 2009-10 into 2008-09 of £12,184,000 for PNSI and Compensation Agency; additional funding of £12,250,000 for the implementation of FRS 17 and FRS 26; and resource and capital budget transfers with other government departments resulting in a net increase of £272,000.
	The take up of End Year Flexibility is required to supplement baselines in Political Directorate, Criminal Justice Directorate, Northern Ireland Prison Service, Central Administration, Public Prosecution Service, Youth Justice Agency, Policing Non-Severance, Bloody Sunday Inquiry, Policing and Security and Compensation Agency.
	The administration budget decreases by £1,260,000 from £77,285,000 to £76,025,000. This is due to the transfer of £1,726,000 from Administration to Programme for Forensic Science Northern Ireland and life Sentence Review Commissioners. Additionally there are resource budget transfers of £500,000 from the Department of Finance and personnel, Northern Ireland for accommodation costs; £28,000 to the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, Northern Ireland for staff costs; and £6,000 to the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills for the Skills Strategy for Government programme.
	The increase in capital DEL of £7,960,000 reflects the budget transfer of £160,000 from the Department of Finance and personnel, Northern Ireland for energy costs in the Northern Ireland prison Service and the take up of £7,800,000 End Year Flexibility to meet additional capital requirements in the Northern Ireland Prison Service.
	The Northern Ireland Executive DEL will increase by £182,606,000 from £8,881,173,000 to £9,063,779,000.
	The change reflects the take up of End Year Flexibility of £225,000,000 (£125,000,000 resource and £100,000,000 capital); additions of £1,809,000 arising from the 2009 Pre Budget Report; net outward budget transfers to other departments of £2,748,000; a reduction of £50,880,000 for Northern Ireland Water as a result of it becoming a Government owned Company; an increase of £9,425,000 to take account of capital reprofiling from 2010-11.
	Scotland

Jim Murphy: Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the departmental expenditure limit (DEL) provision for the administration of the Scotland Office will be increased by £1,300,000 and takes account of the following routine adjustment:
	A take-up of near cash end year flexibility of £1,300,000.
	The increase will be added to the planned total of public expenditure spending commitments in the current financial year.
	The Scotland DEL will increase by £75,866,000 from £27,459,943,000 to £27,535,809,000.
	The Scotland DEL increase takes account of the following routine adjustments to the Scottish Executive provision:
	a transfer of £114,000 from the Department for Work and Pensions in respect of child poverty pilots;
	a transfer of £157,000 from the Department for Children, Schools and Families in respect of Child Trust Fund—Top ups for Looked after Children;
	the take up of 2008 Budget consequentials by the Scottish Executive amounting to £5,435,000;
	the take up of 2008 Budget consequentials in respect of Capital Fiscal Stimulus amounting to £32,960,000;
	the take up of additional Capital Fiscal Stimulus funding amounting to £20,200,000; and
	an increase in respect of classification change for Scottish water cost of capital amounting to £17,000,000.
	Attorney-General

Geoff Hoon: Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Transport departmental expenditure limit (DEL) for 2008-09 will be decreased by £11,270,000 from £13,239,009 to £13,227,739,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £11,200,000 from £281,926,000 to £293,126,000.
	Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital, are set out in the following table:
	
		
			 £000 
			  Change New DEL  
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource 113,222 360,641 6,043,726 786,274 6,830,000 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget 11,250 -50 293,126 — 293,126 
			 Near-cash in RDEL -343,196 358,141 5,105,243 979,839 6,085,082 
			 Capital 227,060 -227,060 6,360,478 922,751 7,283,229 
			 Depreciation(1) -485,133 - -852,898 -32,592 -885,490 
			 Total - 144, 851 133,581 11,551,306 1,676,433 13,227,739 
			 (1 )Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL, since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting 
		
	
	Resource change: Administration (total increase of £11,200,000)
	Voted: total increase of £11,250,000
	RfR1
	(i) Take up of £11,200,000 near cash end year flexibility for administration pressures (£8,045,000)
	(ii) £50,000 near cash transfer from non voted for administration pressures
	(iii) Within the Administration Budget £3,800,000 of non-cash headroom has been converted to near cash, permitted under Treasury guidelines, to meet pressures in estates and aviation
	Non Voted: total decrease of £50,000
	Transfer of £50,000 to administration near cash voted provision.
	Resource change: Programme (total increase of £462,663,000)
	Voted: total increase of £101,972,000
	RfR1
	(i) Treasury agreed increase of £462,718,000(*)( )non cash to reflect the accounting treatment of changes in fair values arising from the implementation of accounting standards FRS 25 and FRS 26 for: London and Continental railways (£300,000,000); Network Rail's Debt Issuance Programme (£164,886,000); and the Air Travel Trust Fund (£-2,168,000); partially offset by
	 * The £462,718,000 is included in the £485,133,000 depreciation increase for the Spring Supplementary Estimate which also includes an increase of £26,215,000 for the Highways Agency partially offset by a decrease of £3,800,000 for central administration.
	(ii) A net transfer of £360,691,000 to non voted provision as follows:
	a. £369,383,000 near cash headroom from rail: for the net operating losses of London and Continental railways (£252,000,000); to the departmental unallocated provision in respect of programme slippage into 2009-10 (£104,928,000); and to cover a shortfall in Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency receipts (£12,455,000);
	b. £4,045,000 near cash headroom from cleaner fuels and vehicles to cover a shortfall in driver and vehicle Licensing Agency receipts:
	c.£500,000 near cash from other transport grants transferred to railways to allow payments to both the Rail Passenger Council and the Bus Passenger council to be administered more efficiently;
	d. £2,500,000 non cash to reflect the write back of Voluntary Early retirement provision; partially offset by
	e. £15,737,000 near cash use of Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts within the Departmental Expenditure Limit by the Highways Agency.
	(iii) A transfer of £55,000 near cash to the Department for Innovation Universities and Skills for Government skills
	Non-Voted: total net increases of £360,691,000
	(i) £360,691,000 transferred from voted provision of which £358,191,000 is near cash and £2,500,000 non cash.
	Capital Change: (no net change)
	Voted: total increase of £227,060,000 RfR1
	(i) A net transfer of £227,060,000 from non voted provision as follows:
	a. a transfer from departmental unallocated provision to Network Rail capital grants (£258,060,000); partially offset by
	b. a transfer of £5,100,000 from headroom on other transport grants (£3,100,000) and aviation services, transport security and royal travel (£2,000,000) to the shared services transformation project; and
	c. a transfer of £25,900,000 2012 Olympics underspend to the departmental unallocated provision for use on this programme in future years.
	Non-voted: total decrease of £227,060,000
	(i) A net transfer of £227,060,000 to voted provision.

GOVERNMENT EQUALITIES OFFICE

Rosie Winterton: This statement explains two supplementary issues concerning payments of Invalidity Allowances to pensioners from April 2009.
	The Uprating Statement on 11 December 2008 announced new rates of Invalidity Allowance for customers under pensionable age to support the alignment of the rates of Incapacity Benefit and Employment and Support Allowance.
	The rates for eligible pensioners due to receive Invalidity Allowance will be increased in line with the retail price index in the usual way.
	The Department subsequently wrote to pensioners eligible for an Invalidity Allowance informing them of their entitlements. However, due to a technical error, a small number were sent an entitlement notice which was incorrect.
	The Pensions Disability and Carers Service will ensure that the vast majority of customers who receive an Invalidity Allowance will receive accurate payments from April 2009—and we will notify those customers who receive an inaccurate notification that this correction has been made.
	This will ensure that for all of those pensioners their incomes are unaffected and the correct benefits paid.
	There will be a small number for whom corrections cannot be made before April and those will be corrected as soon as possible. If an under-payment has occurred, we will ensure the payment is corrected by June, and any arrears are paid to the pensioner. If an over-payment has occurred, we will not seek recovery though we will correct the overpayment as soon as possible.
	Of the 500,000 pensioners with entitlement to an Invalidity Allowance we estimate that around 45,000 people may be overpaid and around 25,000 may be underpaid, depending on their individual circumstances. We estimate that the amount of weekly overpayment will range from a minimum 5p to a maximum of £3. The maximum underpayment will be £1.80 a week.
	Any arrears will be calculated and paid to customers, and we will not take any action to seek recovery of these overpayments. As the Department works through the affected cases it will write to all customers who are affected to explain their position.
	As people become pensioners from April 2009, they should automatically move on to the higher rate of Invalidity Allowance. Because, the Uprating Order for this year does not provide the statutory basis ordinarily needed to make these higher payments, we shall be making them on an extra-statutory basis in the coming tax year. Around 7,000 customers are affected with payments worth in total around £350,000.
	Our customers will not need to take any action. The Pension, Disability and Cares Service will identify and correct cases as soon as possible and contact all of those concerned.